The execution of Wanda Jean
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The execution of Wanda Jean
Liz GarbusRory Kennedy1 editions
In 2001, Wanda Jean Allen was given a lethal injection by the state of Oklahoma, making her the first black woman to be executed in America in fifty years. Chronicles the methodical way the criminal justice system proceeds to execute Wanda Jean, a convicted murderess with a low IQ bordering on retardation. While pleas for clemency are exhausted, she faces her inevitable death.
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Liz Garbus
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